"Pay attention to your steps! Be steady and don't make small steps!"

"Shoulder, your shoulders! Use your shoulders to shake reasonably to confuse me!"

"Don't loosen the lower plate! You must ensure that the lower plate is stable at any time!"

"Okay! Very good, this hook is beautiful!"

"Yes, your back feels better and better."

The one who said these words was naturally the owner of the barbecue restaurant, Mr. Nate Thurmond. He was still guiding Gan Guoyang's basket skills.

"Mr. Thurmond, do you think I can play in the NBA?" Gan Guoyang asked.

Now, Gan Guoyang already knows that this person who has been guiding his basketball skills almost every day for more than a month is the famous NBA superstar, "Nate Emperor" Nate Thurmond.

Gan Guoyang's mind showed Gan Guohui's expression of surprise when he learned that he was playing basketball training with the restaurant owner at the Nate Barbecue Restaurant. Because in San Francisco, almost no one didn't know that the owner of "Big Nate Barbecue" was Nate Thurmond, a former Golden State Warriors star.

Except for Gan Guoyang.

Of course, Gan Guoyang was also shocked after knowing that the Giant Boss was a former NBA superstar. After the Giant Boss confirmed it personally, he felt an inexplicable excitement.

This is simply the plot in a martial arts novel. Before I fell off the cliff, I just came out for a meal and met a senior expert.

He also received guidance from experts and taught his skills. Then the next step is naturally to study hard and practice hard, and his skills will be achieved and he will kill everyone!

In fact, he can really kill all the people on the street court. So now he is too lazy to play on the street, and there is no challenge anymore.

So, he wanted to ask whether he could enter the NBA, the highest palace in basketball.

"NBA? Gan, you are still far from it." Thurmond shook his head and denied Gan Guoyang's fantasy.

This was like a blow to Gan Guoyang. Because he knew that there were many geniuses in later generations who entered the NBA after graduating from high school and became superstars, such as Kobe and Garnett.

Now, he is in the 12th grade (high school third year) and is about to graduate in one year, but he is still far from the NBA, which makes him feel a little disappointed.

"Haha, Gan, don't be disappointed. How much difference do you think is there between you and me?" Thurmond saw Gan Guoyang's loss and asked him.

"It feels very far, very far..." Gan Guoyang thought for a while and said. In his opinion, the distance he was from this star uncle who had been retired for many years was so far that he could hardly see the end.

"Haha, I am already a middle-aged man in my forties, and an old man on the basketball court. My body is constantly deteriorating, and you are constantly improving. I believe that one day you will reach my former level and may even surpass me."

Thurmond's words surprised Gan Guoyang a lot. He didn't expect that this superstar would have such a high evaluation of him. It was better than him? Gan Guoyang didn't dare to think about it. But why did he say that he was still far behind before?

Thurmond continued: "But, even with my ability, I have never won a championship in my 14-year career, and I don't have a ring in my hand." The fact that I did not win the championship is a regret for Thurmond's life.

"So, even if you can surpass my strength, it will be very, very difficult to achieve real success in the NBA."

Only then did Gan Guoyang realize that what he said about "playing in the NBA" is just the meaning of entering the NBA, and Thurmond hoped that he could succeed and win the NBA championship!

"I...but, Mr. Thurmond, I don't even know whether I can enter the NBA."

"Haha, Gan, with your talent, as long as you train well, there will not be too much problem in entering the NBA. However, there are too many geniuses in the NBA, just like the gadfly on the Texas Prairie. However, there are much fewer cows. Too many geniuses have shined, and too many geniuses have fallen instantly. This is a cruel world." Thurmond sighed deeply.

As a fighter who has been fighting in the inside for fourteen years, Nate Thurmond, who has always played fiercely and domineeringly, had to sigh after retirement. He was once so close to the championship, but eventually fell at the feet of his idol in the past.

"Mr. Thurmond, only a cruel world can support great dreams." Gan Guoyang suddenly said, and in Thurmond's eyes he felt the retired superstar's once extremely passionate love for basketball and his unlimited desire for championships.

"Oh? Haha, you said so well. It's really true that your fat brother said you are a genius of language. I hope you can go on with your beliefs."

"Well, Mr. Thurmond, can I come to your place to play in the future?" Gan Guoyang thought that it was late August and school was about to start. His cousin and aunt had arranged a school for him. He will go to Palo Alto Public High School in Palo Alto City with Gan Guohui and Chen Xing.

Palo Alto City is about 60 kilometers away from San Francisco, which means that Gan Guoyang must live on campus and come back once a week at most.

"Of course it's okay. I heard you're going to Palo Alto to go to high school. Come on, you must join the basketball team, so that you can apply for a college basketball scholarship and then enter the NBA." Thurmond reminded Gan Guoyang.

"I understand! I will definitely not let you down!" Gan Guoyang also knew that he had to join the school team and play well.

Because he had not studied in the United States before, although he was very confident in his homework, he needed to apply for a university in the United States to have enough credits, and the accumulation of credits in two semesters is definitely not enough.

In this way, he can only go another way, that is, become a sports student, so that he can apply to a better private university rather than enter a community university.

"I believe you, Gan. Come on, let's continue practicing!"

In the sunset, two tall figures continued to practice on the small basketball court in the open space.

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"Hey, big cousin! Have you got Mr. Thurmond's signature?"

"I got it! Here, his No. 42 jersey." Gan Guoyang took out the No. 42 jersey that Thurmond had worn by the Golden State Warriors from his bag, with his signature on it.

"Wow! There are also the original jerseys! If you collect them, they will definitely be valuable in the future." Gan Guohui looked at this jersey and thought that it would become a lot of money in ten or twenty years.

"You guy, you are here to sign your jersey just to make money for appreciation?" Gan Guoyang rolled his eyes at him.

"Or it! You didn't see that this jersey is so big, is it suitable for me to wear? It's the same as a skirt. Of course, I used it to collect it. It would definitely be better to appreciate and make money~"

"I really can't do anything to you." Gan Guoyang shook his head. He helped him with his love for basketball, but he didn't know that this guy was thinking about other tricks.

"We're in Palo Alto." At this time, Gan Guohui's mother Qian Hui said.

The three of them were sitting in Qian Hui's car at this time and heading to Palo Alto High School. Today is the day when high school starts.

Palo Alto is a small city in California, a satellite city in San Francisco, with a population of only about 60,000. However, the most famous one here is Stanford University located here.

Gan Guohui's mother Qian Hui is a master's student in the law department of Stanford University, and Gan Guohui's grandparents also live in Palo Alto.

Gan Guoyang looked at the small town outside the car window, which was clean and tidy. This city is not small, but there are very few people. In China, a population of 60,000 is just a market town.

However, it is precisely because of the few people that I feel a sense of peace and tranquility. This is the most touching feeling that Gan Guoyang has experienced since coming to the United States.

Follow El Camino Avenue, all the way south, and soon arrive at Palo Alto High School, just southeast of Stanford University.

After entering the campus and getting off the bus, Gan Guoyang felt a completely different campus atmosphere than in China.

Most of the high schools in China give people the feeling that they are simple and simple, which also reflects the characteristics of Chinese people being down-to-earth in education and focusing on basic knowledge.

Palo Alto High School has more artistic beauty. The unique style of school buildings, large green spaces and large trees, and an open campus - there is no school gate here, reflecting the free and unrestrained characteristics of American teaching.

However, for Gan Guoyang, whether studying in Chinese schools or in high schools in the United States, homework is not a problem.

Especially in American high school, he has experienced the college entrance examination experience in China and his grades are also very good, equivalent to a rookie in the NBA lottery zone. Now that he is thrown into the CBA to play, can he not be more enjoyable?

The only thing he was worried about was how to enter the high school basketball team and be able to play well. According to Gan Guohui, the men's basketball level at Palo Alto High School was not very good and had never won the state championship.

So Gan Guoyang thought it should not be difficult for him to join the basketball team, although he is a Chinese and a twelve-year-old transfer student.

After that, a series of issues such as registration, registration for academic records, and arranging classes went smoothly. The lawyer Youqian Hui, naturally had arranged it well.

As for the dormitory, there are not many students living on campus in Palo Alto, and Gan Guohui is just one, so the two cousins ​​live together! It's really perfect.

"Hey, cousin, I'll take you out for a walk! Visit our school!" Gan Guohui proposed to arrive after settling down in the dormitory. His mother rushed back after completing all the procedures. She was going to take a plane to Washington.

"Okay, you must go to the basketball court to have a look!" Gan Guoyang now has almost only basketball in his heart.

Gan Guohui took Gan Guoyang to visit the school's church-like office building, Persian-style auditorium, and a very unique classroom - boarded houses made of wooden boards, because of the earthquakes in California.

Finally, the two brothers went to the main gymnasium of the school together, and it is said that the basketball team has already trained in it.

"Hey, we're here!" Gan Guohui said, pointing to a square building.

Gan Guoyang saw a green sailboat mark on the building, with Vikings written below.

"Viking?"

"Yes, this is the logo of our school basketball team. The team's name is 'Paro Alto Vikings'."

The two of them approached the stadium and heard the sound of "bang bang" slapping the ball inside. It seemed that someone was playing ball inside.

After entering, Gan Guoyang discovered that this was an old-fashioned basketball hall - of course this was for the 21st century, anything from the 1980s was old-fashioned in Gan Guoyang's eyes.

The court seemed a little dim because the lighting equipment was not well developed at that time and the floor was dark brown. A group of players wearing dark green jerseys were practicing shooting on the court.

This should be a simple warm-up training, the coach is not present, and the players are practicing very loosely.

"Sorry! Our team is training, it's better for others not to come in." Someone saw Gan Guoyang and Gan Guohui entering the gymnasium, stopped shooting and reminded loudly.

"Oh, sorry, we thought it was our classmates playing here, so we came in and checked out. We will leave immediately." As he said that, Gan Guohui pulled Gan Guoyang and wanted to leave.

"I'm sorry, where is your coach? I want to see him." Gan Guoyang suddenly spoke and asked where the coach was.

"The coach hasn't arrived yet. Do you know him? Why are you looking for him?" another person asked.

"I want to join the basketball team." Gan Guoyang said.

"Haha", "Oh, no," "What are you talking about?" "Yellow people..."

After Gan Guoyang said this, a sneer came from the court immediately. Everyone stopped shooting and turned to look at the yellow-skinned boy who came out of nowhere, with his joking eyes visible.

"I think your brain must have been sunburned on the beach in California." Someone said, and others immediately burst into laughter.

Gan Guoyang was not angry. He knew that he was really impolite to enter the stadium in such a rash manner, and he even said arrogantly that he wanted to score. However, he really wanted to join the basketball team very urgently. He also knew that if he didn't fight for it, the coach would not be interested in him. He was already a 12th-grade student.

"I think with my strength, it should not be a problem to enter this team." Gan Guoyang said. To him, this is the truth. He feels that according to his talent and strength, it is still no problem to enter a basketball team in an ordinary high school.

But his words were a little more provocative in the ears of the Palo Alto High School basketball team members.

"Where do you think the basketball team is? You can get in as long as you want, yellow boy?" A tall black man responded. He looked 6-foot-8 (2-meter 03). Judging from his figure, he should be an inside player.

"I just think I have the ability to join the team and give the team some help." Gan Guoyang knew that his words had caused some misunderstandings from the other party, so he tried his best to adjust his wording.

"I don't think that a yellow-skinned monkey who doesn't know where it can help our team. Maybe you can become our team chef? It's pretty good for Chinese people to cook!" Obviously, Gan Guoyang's words did not ease the tense atmosphere, and the black man continued to sarcastically, which caused laughter from others.

"Then you might as well try it to see if I am qualified to join the team." Gan Guoyang did not expect that his momentary impulse would lead to such an effect.

His anger was also fired, especially when the black man called him a yellow-skinned monkey, he had to endure it so much that he did not say the word "nigger". He knew that this would further intensify the conflict. Moreover, he was not a racist.

"Of course, if you are not afraid of leaving this stadium with a lame leg and a little tooth." The big black man was still very arrogant, obviously he didn't take this yellow man seriously.

If a black man enters the stadium and says he wants to score a team, he will be more polite. After all, he is also a black man, and there are many blacks among basketball experts. But yellow people? A trash in the sports industry! They are only suitable for playing table tennis, such as women's sports, even this guy looks quite tall.

"I hope you won't regret what you say." Gan Guoyang was still trying to restrain himself, but he wanted to beat him up with his performance on the court.

"Come on, stinky brat. I felt my bones loose after a summer vacation. Let me treat you as a screwdriver and give me the bones tight!"

"Kill him! Vigis!" "Give him some color!" "Vigis hit him with your big ass!"

The other players saw that the bullfighting of the two was about to break out and started to cheer.

Gan Guoyang walked to the basket with him and was ready for a one-on-one fight.
Chapter completed!